Despite all my screw ups I’m still making good money online. And you can too, if you start with this one thing.

If you’re trying to make money online my best advice is this:

focus on your focus.

Here’s the thing.

If you focus on 4 big goals at one time, the odds that you will achieve any one of them go way down.

Down, like Charlie Sheen’s acting career.

Because you are distracted. It is not easy to focus on multiple goals at the same time.

It’s much easier to achieve one goal than to try to achieve 3 or 4 at one time.

Maybe that’s the first secret of goal accomplishment 🙂

Focus on one big goal at a time. Finish it.

Then start another.

On down the road, once you become good at “finishing” – then you can add another goal.

Work on 2 goals at a time. Max.

If that goes well…consider adding another.

If it does not go well, go back to one goal at a time.

Which would you rather do:

Focus on one goal at a time, for 90 days each, and in 365 days accomplish 4 goals.

Or try to do all 4 at one time, and find after 365 days that you have not achieved any of your goals?

Samith “F.O.C.U.S” Pich

P.S If you feel like you need help goal setting or focussing in your home business contact me to for a Results Consult to show you how to smash through your self imposed barriers and help you create a profitable business your can love again.

I really don’t set out to be wise and inspiring every day. Many days I’m not and I want to hide from the world.

But lately my heart has things it feels it needs to share, so I share heart felt things. There’s no other real reason apart from the fact that I’m compelled to do it.

I used to be an artist and I was compelled to draw and write. Now I’m compelled to write Facebook statuses and blog posts (I’m not sure if thats a move up or down lol).

But if I speak from the heart then perhaps someones heart needed to hear that. And perhaps it lifts the burden they are carrying momentarily. And they find some more strength.

Thats a good day.

My heart has been broken, it’s been blind. But I’ve come to know thats its rarely been wrong.

[tweetthis]’The world is filled with hearts that want to resonate with your heart’ – Ralph Marston.[/tweetthis]

1. How To Not Fail In Goal Setting

There’s your huge audacious vision. There’s the mission you are on right now. And there’s the reason why you do everything that you do.

If you only achieve 10% of your huge vision. If you fail short in your missions. But if you never forget and still work from a place of honoring the reasons why you do everything you will have not failed. Not by a long shot.

So have faith. The road is long. Start walking as if you were led because whatever you are seeking is also seeking you.

And the man who leaves his home but can still feel the embrace of those he loves, and the warmth of their kisses on his face – beware of him. He’s invincible.

2. Why Time is NOT on your side

What are you going to do when time runs out?

Time is not waiting for you. You’re trying to wait for the perfect time to become great, to reach your dreams, to reach your goals. But there is no perfect time. There never will be.

But your greatness, that dream you’ve been having FOR YEARS, time is ticking. Your clock on life is running out, while you’re reading this.

Somebody’s greatness won’t be released until you speak those words, until you write that book, until you’ve started sharing the message you’re here on this earth to share. And they need to see you get your greatness so they can finally believe in theirs.

If you’re waiting for clarity to make your move, you’ll be stuck where you are forever.

DO THE THING. Any thing. It doesn’t even have to be THE thing. Just DO A THING.

Then, you’ll start to get clarity … not in a blinding light way, typically … but more in a “that bit worked, that bit didn’t” way. That growing clarity will give you confidence. And with the confidence comes more action.

4. The Power of Friends

There’s a moment in a friendship where somewhere along the line one (or both) of you decides to finally strip away the BS, to put down ‘the mask’ that you display to the world and you allow yourselves to be vulnerable, to be upset, to be naked and to be real.

There’s strength in that. Some people cried in front of me today. And it was an honour to witness it and to be there for them.

8. Seek the edge.

9. Stay Flexible.

If something is not working for you if its not allowing you to serve your highest calling – stop doing it.

Just because you’ve been doing it this way for the past few years doesnt mean you have to continue with it.

Don’t waver on your goals and vision. But be willing to be light footed, to switch on a dime to try and try again in its pursuit.

10. Winning

This morning I realized that [tweetthis]you’re a winner when you no longer believe your own excuses.[/tweetthis]

How long does it take to make a change? To make a real decision that can effect your life and those you care about?

It only takes a split second. A snap of the fingers – less than an instant.

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And finally it’s not all about getting your mission, achieving your goals and achieving your mission…

Actually thats BS.

It IS critical you become successful and you fulfil your mission.

Go get it.

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P.S Do you have a big goal? Are you’re struggling to make your online business a reality or you’re looking to get that competitive edge in the marketplace? Then contact me for a complimentary strategy session where I can help you gain clarity and develop a step by step blueprint to help you achieve them. Add me on Skype: samithpich and book a session.

I was having an asthma attack (of which I’ve had many) but this time it wasn’t in my lungs it was in my head, it was in my heart.

And no amount of ventolin was helping.

When you’re having an asthma attack it’s like breathing through a wet hessian sack. Furthermore, your chest is stuck in cement where the ability to breathe out is okay but when you try to breathe in your chest only moves only like 2 centimeters apart. But you need it to move 15cm.

The air rattles and gurgles into your lungs, hissing and squealing on the way out. You’re doing you bset not to panic.

But you can’t breathe so it’s hard not to.

So I’m breathing through a wet hessian sack, whilst in cement, in the dark.

And in front of me I can see something burning. It’s horrifying.

Its money, and an hour glass.

They’re both on fire.

Hold that image in your head, and take a rewind to how I got myself there…

If you look up what he’s accomplished all you can say is HOLY SHIT. Just check out his Amazon write up.

In the book Mark talks about how we can all handle 20 times more than we think we can.

‘Environment, Association and ‘raising your standards’ are concepts repeated over and over and over ad nauseum about how these three things contribute to success.

A Navy seal has a totally different environment, they associate with different people and their standards are ridiculously higher than your average Joe or Jane.

And thats why they are Jo/ Jane and the Navy seal guy is the navy seal guy.

But then, the real nail in the coffin.

I learn about a crazy old guy who lives in Scotland, in his own private castle and people pay him a princely sum so he can shout at them. And by doing so he helps them make millions and billions of dollars.

Yes I’m talking about Dan “Just FUCKING Do It” Pena.

I cam across Dan Pena – the 50 Billion Man – in an email from Matt Lloyd. Check his website http://www.danpena.com/ and start devouring his articles and stuff.

So I have all this stuff swirling in my head – and a thought keep rising to the top of my conciseness and popping like a boil.

“You’re wasting your life and you not living to your potential”

Now some of you are probably saying I’m being too hard on myself, look at all the things you’ve achieved so far.

I’m not saying I’m a failure.

Actually I think I’m pretty awesome, I like myself.

But I KNOW, without a shadow of a doubt, I’m capable of more.

And if I had to quantify it, I feels like I’ve only touched 20% of my potential and I have a propensity to coast.

But coasting and only working to 20% of my capacity won;t get me to my goals, of being debt free and living a life of financial and time freedom.

Do you think if you were only living 20% of your potential you’d get to your goals?

Of course not.

If we had any machine, like a blender or even a new car and found out it was only operating at 20% of its fuel economy, it’s speed, its capacity – what would we do?

You and I both know we would throw itself out and onto the scrapheap faster than anyone can ask ‘What are the daily specials?’.

Now it’s not a good idea to throw out people. But what we can certainly do is throw out our old mindset.

So as I was having a asthma attack – having an existential crisis perhaps (it feels like I get them every second day) I started to question to my horror what were things costing me.

What is the real Cost of Things?

Warning: Rants ahead.

In this day and age the real dirty word is Boredom.

No one is allowed to be bored, to not have things to do. We can get instant entertainment, 24/7 streamed live to our phones, TV’s and iPads.

We can watch cute cats slapping each other on FB (hilarious by the way) and we can watch a whole season of Breaking Bad on Stan on our mobile phones.

In our house it got so bad when we were watching TV but we also had our phones with us, flitting between Facebook and TV!

What Does That REALLY Cost Us?

2 months ago I bought a game on my phone, its DOMination (combining Civilization with strategy and Cash of Clans money farming) – and its one of my favorite games. The app cost me $2. But is it the real cost?

Due to my addiction to dopamine which happens whenever my little men destroy someone else empire, when I dig for gold and farm grapes, I like to play this game ALOT.

Now there’s nothing wrong with playing games.

But if you have a closet high achiever it will SUCK up a lot of time. Because you want to WIN.

I imagine I’ve spent perhaps a solid full week of productive time on this game in the last two months. In between calls. In between lunch. Instead of lunch. Instead of blogging or exercise.

I’ve calculated my time is about $100 an hour average at the moment, I work about 8 hours a day. So by those calculations $100 x 8 hours x 5 days x 2 weeks = $8000

$8000!!

Thats how much it cost me to play a $2 app!!!

Well to utterly lay it on the table, I bought one of these $20 ‘Bonus Crown Packs’ to level up faster as well so that’s $8020 I wasted!

If you start thinking along these lines what else have you got that’s really costing you?

Well TV is an easy one. What is it costing you to veg out in front of the TV for 3-4 hours?

What if you only watched 2 hours of TV a night and you only say your time is worth $25 an hour.

Well thats $25 x 2 hours x 7 days x 52 weeks = $18,200

That’s $18,200!! A year!!

But you might say, well Sam, lets get real. I gotta have some down time, I work so hard already? (i.e insert excuses)

Ok thats fine. Maybe its NOT costing you money. But what else is it costing you?

As an online coach and mentor I am privy to the thoughts of entrepreneurs from all walks of life and backgrounds. Within 15 mins I can pin point what challenges someone has and what has been holding them back – often before they even tell me what it is.

I also have a super power where I can predict how long it will take them to be successful – it could be a few weeks, a few months or perhaps never.

And that super power is this: I ask quality questions and I listen.

Crazy huh?

The way we often speak to ourselves is critical and a significant factor in our resistance to problems, conquering issues and overall success.

I can not bold that enough – The way we often speak to ourselves is critical and a significant factor in our overall success.

This is before pen hits the paper, before we talk about strategies and sales funnel.

What I used to do which cost me (and I’m still working on this as I even catch myself doing it today) – and what I spend time helping my clients with with is making sure they eliminate all of the Sub-Conscious Destructive Phrases they may say.

The 7 most common destructive phrases to remove from your thinking

1.”I don’t know” …. When you allow that phrase to be part of your vocabulary, you are conceding defeat.

When you use the phrase “I don’t know” you are automatically allowing your brain to switch off. As soon as you hear that phrase, you should quickly reply with “what if you did know?” It instantly activates the brain back into thought.

When you catch yourself saying or thinking this phrase counteract it with these much more useful ones:

‘Let me Google that… ‘ Seriously lol

‘I may not know right now but I can find out…’

‘Who do I know that might know…?’

‘I have the answer to this inside of me… let me ponder on it…’

or my favourite – ‘Let me find out…’

2.” I can’t” …. Is one of the most commonly used phrases in dodging and dishing off responsibility. Can’t is a killer. If you think you can’t, then you MUST (I have been guilty of this one). Henry Ford famously said

‘Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right.’

And he’s right!

So change that ‘I can’t…’ to ‘I can’. I will. I must. I CHOOSE TO…

3. ” That’s not the way it’s done” … The be a stand-out, you need to act and think unlike anybody else. Great ideas and concepts come from those who are willing to think outside their comfort zone.

Nothing revolutionary ever came from doing things “the way they are done” (in fact that thinking is the natural enemy of progress).

Sometimes there is such a thing as blessed ignorance.

It’s when some one so new to an industry or a field (but with enough work ethic and curioisty) just goes in and does something so left field, so different to the industry norm that it changes everything.

Only because they DIDN”T KNOW it couldn’t be done that way!

So your new phrase could be:

‘How Else could this be done?’

‘How can this be improved?’

and my favourite: “WHAT IF…’ Those two world spark your imagination and take you down a great path.

4. “That’s impossible” …. Similar to destructive phrase number 3. We are limited only by the limitations we place on our own realm of reality.

When you do what you love and love what you do, everything is possible once you apply your mind to it. Sure, it may take longer than you hope – however, that is life and the sooner we accept that the better.

5. “If we only had the money” … Many entrepreneurs often dream of the endless business possibilities that exist if only we had the flexibility of a large financial war chest. There are countless stories of entrepreneurs with no money (even being homeless) turn into world known business leaders.

It’s not the lack of resources, it’s your lack of resourcefulness that stops you.

In fact a lack of resources is often what spurs on innovation. PhilosiBlog writes:

‘Lack of resources is what drives technology forward. At one point in history, we were afraid we would run out of trees. That impending lack of resource lead to coal becoming an economically feasible replacement for trees. Now we have plenty of trees.

Then, when we thought we were going to run out of coal, the internal combustion engine and oil came forward as an alternative. That also left us with plenty of coal for other uses, and we kept finding more and more coal as mining technology progressed…

Through out history one can find examples of people, cultures, and societal changes that occurred because their resourcefulness overcame a lack of resources. To say the opposite is driving your life is to trade your potential for a handful of excuses. Not a good trade, in my humble opinion.

6. “The problem is” … There are 2 types of entrepreneurs in the world, one will focus on the problems and the other will focus on finding solutions. Sure, you don’t want to stick your head in the sand and pretend everything is fine when it’s not and conversely you want to be a person who is getting stuff taken care of.

Successful business leaders are really very good at identifying solutions, which one are you? The fact you are reading my article answers that and I wish to thank you for taking the time to read this.

7. “I don’t have the time”… Of all the destructive phrases this one may have the most substance. But not by much.

The undeniable fact is we only have 24 hours in a day. And all of us are already using all of those 24 hours!

Whether it’s playing Clash of Clans or checking FB literally every 30 seconds (yes I’ve done both) what it comes down to is a lack of understanding or skill in doing whats expected of you.

Now if you have a job those guide lines are quite clear. In some countries you have to leave your mobile phone at the font desk so you won’t use it during work thats how bad it’s gotten. And we’ve all gone into shops or convenience stores where the sales rep or clerk is more engrossed in their phone than serving you.

But when you work for yourself those guidelines aren’t so clear. Sometimes they’re non existant.

So in an effort to remind myself and also talk about this issue with others I’ve shared some throughts on Facebook and the reception has been overwhelmingly positive.

Facebook post one:

A common issue for many entrepreneurs is distraction. And living in this particular time in history doesn’t help! Lol

And as entrepreneurs we are hyper sensitive to looking for opportunities. It allows us to see gaps in the market, identify problems and seek out easier faster and more effective solutions. Unfortunately this great quality often leads the new entrepreneur to distraction.

At the heart of this problem is only two things: A lack of clear priorities and a lack of focus.

Priorities comes down to you being able decide what is important and in what order.

Now when you know what your priorities are it becomes easier to know what to focus on.

If your main priorities are your family then you will be focussed on that.

If your health is a priority you schedule in the gym and when you are there you will be focussed on getting healthy.

Now online because there is so much information and so many courses its easy to get confused but if making money is a priority then you will schedule it in, you will work on your mindset and you will just choose ONE THING to focus. And I recommend you choose something small and focus on learning and implementing it until you feel you can move on.

So start by getting clear on your priorities then choose a small achievable goal and then follow through with action.

I hope this helps you.

Facebook Post two:

So there you have it.

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